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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: Mid-19th Century
Antique French Louis XV Style Fruitwood Five Drawer Commode
Located in Sheridan, CO
Antique French Louis XV style fruitwood five drawer commode, 18th/19th c. This commode features two short drawers over three long drawers, rising on short cabriole legs, restorations...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Antique George I Quality Figured Walnut Two Part Chest of Five Drawers
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George I quality figured walnut two part chest of five drawers having a solid walnut top with a moulded edge above two short and three long figured walnut inlaid oak lined dr...
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18th Century English George I Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Louis Seize style chatol made in oak from around 1780s
Located in Lejre, DK
Louis Seize style chatol with 3 drawers made in oak from around 1780.
Measurements in cm: H:108 W:118 D:57
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1780s Danish Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Mid 18th Century English Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A Good Mid 18th Century English Walnut Chest of Drawers of Unusually Tall and Narrow Proportions.
This chest has an unusual drawer configuration with two short drawers over four gra...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Antique George III period fiddle back mahogany serpentine chest of drawers
Located in London, GB
A fine mid-18th Century Geroge III period mahogany serpentine Chest, having moulded edge boxwood line inlaid & Gonzalez Alves crossbanded top, above 4 fiddleback mahogany drawers ret...
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Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Baroque Chest of Drawers in Walnut, Inlaywork and Bronze fittings, Mid-18th C.
Located in Greding, DE
Large baroque chest of drawers with a curved front and three drawers. The chest of drawers rests on pressed ball feet and is profiled at the edges. The fronts of the drawers feature ...
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Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Marquetry Rosewood Commode, Chest
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Found in the region of Normandy, France, this rare smaller scale late eighteenth century Louis XVI period sauteuse chest features a geometric marquetry facade of rosewood, lemon wood...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Mahogany Wellington Chest
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Good Quality Mid 19th Century, William IV Period, Mahogany Wellington Chest Of Drawers, Having Well Figured Veneers Throughout, With Rectangular Top Over Concealed Fri...
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Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Chatol in oak and brass handles, from England around 1840s
Located in Lejre, DK
Chatol in oak and brass handles, from England around 1840. The furniture is in nice antique condition.
Measurements in cm: H:109 W:120 D:60
+ Condition
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1840s English Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Louis XV French Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tortoiseshell Boulle Commode/Drawer
Located in Newmanstown, PA
Amazing French Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tortoise Shell Boulle Drawer Table. Drawers on both sides, one side is operational and the other is fixed. It has beautiful bronze angels on the si...
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17th Century Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Wood
19th Century Large Gustavian Style Chest of Drawers
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
19th Century Gustavian Style Chest of Drawers,
Germany, 1850
Ashwood
A decorative Swedish Gustavian style chest of drawers made of solid ashwood, three drawers with brass hardware....
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1850s German Gustavian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ash
Antique chest of drawers - post, Northern Europe, circa 1850. After renovation.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chest of drawers - bar from the mid-19th century in the Biedermeier style.
The style is characterized by simple design, consistent with comfort and functionality.
A chest o...
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1850s Norwegian Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Italian Bureau
Located in Kettering, GB
An 18th century Italian bureau with beautiful inlay detailing and a fall front that opens to form a writing surface with fitted interior, consisting of six drawers. Four long drawers...
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18th Century Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th Century Wooden Bombay Chest of Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 4 drawer 18th Century Wooden Bombay Chest of Drawers has been uninterrupted for over two centuries. With two drawers on top and two larger drawers completing the bottom, there i...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
George III Mahogany Chest Of Drawers
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over two over three drawers, brass bail handles. Bracket feet.
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1780s English George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
German Baroque Fruit Wood Marquetry Inlaid Cabinet / Commode, Gulc Nachi
Located in Stamford, CT
German Baroque Fruit Wood Marquetry Inlaid Cabinet / Commode, Gulc Nachi
18th-early 19th century fruit wood marquetry inlaid commode chest...
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1780s German Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
Inlaid chest of drawers with a marble top in the Louis XV style, France.
Located in Chorzów, PL
An inlaid chest of drawers with a marble top in the Louis XV style, comes from France at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. Inlaid floral motifs and copper ornaments are charac...
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18th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Rosewood, Walnut
William and Mary Oysterwood Chest
Located in Skipton, GB
A fine and documented William and Mary period chest of drawers.
The top is veneered in well chosen olive oysters laid in geometric patterns incorporating, concentric circles, roundel...
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Late 17th Century English William and Mary Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Olive, Sycamore
19th century Biedermeier mahogany chest of drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century biedermeier mahogany chest of drawers circa 1840.
Elegant piece of Scandinavian biedermeier furniture with flame mahogany drawer fronts.
Good quality 4 drawer chest, 1...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century mahogany bowfront chest of drawers
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th Century mahogany bowfront chest of drawers, having a nice figured top with a moulded edge above a brushing slide, three graduated oak lined drawers below with lovely flame mahog...
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1780s British Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis Philippe Marble Top Burl Walnut Commode ~ Chest of Dra
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis Philippe Marble Top Burl Walnut Commode ~ Chest of Drawers is a superlative example of the tailored architecture and tailored ornamentation that has made th...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Brass
18th Century Inlaid Veneered Walnut And Marble Antique French Dresser, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique French chest of drawers from the mid-18th century. Louis XV furniture of great elegance and quality inlaid and veneered in walnut, bois de rose and maple. Chest of drawers wi...
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Early 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
French Curved Regency period Commode Chest of drawers inlaid marble 18th France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very pretty little Regency period chest of drawers, curved on the front in inlaid native wood veneer and solid wood.
It opens with four drawers in three separate rows. The upper row ...
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18th Century French Regency Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Victorian Mahogany Campaign Chest
Located in Essex, MA
In two sections. Rectangular top with brass corners with two over three drawers. Inset brass handles and side carrying handles. Turned feet. This was possibly converted from a regula...
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Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century Oak Chest On Legs
Located in Kettering, GB
An oak chest on legs, 18th century, comprising three long drawers with brass drop handles and platework on turned legs with rectangular stretchers at the base. In very good condition...
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18th Century British Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century French Walnut Commode with Marble Top
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An exceptional quality, 18th Century French walnut commode with its original moulded grey and white veined marble top that conforms to the shape of the commode below. Having three sm...
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18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Swiss alp folk art trunk
Located in grand Lancy, CH
mountain chest dated 1777, made from a one-piece tree trunk with beautiful old original repairs, beautiful patina, extremely rustic, therefore very probably made in the high mountains
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1770s Swiss Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Small Antique Danish 18th Century Rococo Chest of Drawers
Located in Kastrup, DK
Small Danish rococo breakfront chest of three drawers.
Crafted in oak wood and later professional painted in a light ocher yellow with a lovely patina.
Denmark 1750-1760
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Late 18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
19th Century French Louis Philippe Marble Top Burl Walnut Commode ~ Chest of Dra
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis Philippe Marble Top Burl Walnut Commode ~ Chest of Drawers is a superlative example of the tailored architecture and restrained ornamentation that has made ...
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1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Brass
Antique fine quality Georgian 18th Century mahogany batchelors chest of drawers
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique fine quality Georgian 18th Century mahogany batchelors chest of drawers.
This is a lovely quality chest of drawers.
No loose joints or woodworm and the oak lined drawers and...
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18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Beautiful Antique 18th Century Oak Chest Of Five Drawers
Located in Crawley, GB
Beautiful antique 18th century chest of five drawers , made by two short and three long drawers with brass swan handles standing on shapped ...
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Late 18th Century British George III Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Gustavian mini-sized chest, circa 1790.
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Fine Gustavian mini-sized chest with three drawers, circa 1790.
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18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Louis-Philippe Chest
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This Commode is made of marquetry of flamed mahogany. It has a small scale and is easy to place anywhere.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Dutch Bombe Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Good 18th C Dutch oak bombe commode. Very good colour. 1780.
Reference: 8098
Dimensions
45 inches (114 cms) Wide
23 inches (58 cms) Deep
33 inches (84 cms) High
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18th Century Dutch Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
19th Century French Louis Philippe Burl Walnut Chest of Drawers with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis Philippe Marble Top Burl Walnut Commode ~ Chest of Drawers is a superlative example of the tailored architecture and restrained ornamentation that has made ...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Bleached English Oak Chest, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A bleached English oak chest of drawers on bun feet, early 18th century.
36 ½ inches wide by 20 inches deep by 38 inches tall
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Early 18th Century English William and Mary Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
A fine Dutch Commode attr. to the workshop of Matthijs Horrix, circa 1770-1780
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Chest of drawers attributed to the workshop of Matthijs Horrix, circa 1770-1780
Dimensions: 82 cm high, 115 cm wide, and 52 cm deep.
Oak core veneered with rosewood and palm wood marquetry, topped with a white Carrara marble slab, gilded bronze fittings.
Provenance: Private collection, Wallonia, Belgium
This chest of drawers was almost certainly made in the workshop of Matthijs Horrix in The Hague. Horrix, originally from Germany, settled in The Hague in the 1760s, where he specialized in making furniture in the French style. His workshop was probably the most important in the third quarter of the 18th century in the court city and was well known far beyond the city limits. A large number of pieces of furniture have been preserved that can be attributed to this workshop, including several in royal possession...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Small Chest
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This Louis XVI style chest is small and made of flamed mahogany.
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Italian 18th Century Hand Painted Louis XV Chest of Drawers Marchigiano
Located in Encinitas, CA
Decorative Italian 18th century hand painted Louis XV "Cassettone" Marchigiano from the Center of Italy region of Marche Italy, circa 1750.
Italian commode with two drawers faux mar...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique 18th century Georgian mahogany Gentleman's chest of drawers commode
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Georgian Mahogany Antique Gentleman’s Chest
Dating from Around 1800 In the Georgian Era, This Delightful Mahogany Antique Campaign Gentleman’s...
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1780s English Georgian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Miniature chest of drawers, end of 18th century
Located in Greding, DE
Miniature chest of drawers made of walnut with small square pointed feet and brass knobs. The chest of drawers was restored and polished by hand.
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Late 18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Walnut Serpentine Commode
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century French walnut serpentine commode having two drawers standing shapely curved legs.
Great patination
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18th Century Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
George I Walnut Bureau
Located in Kettering, GB
A George I Walnut Bureau, a beautiful and very original example. The fall-front over two short and two long drawers. Internally a central cupboa...
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18th Century British George I Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Walnut Commode, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A Louis XV carved walnut commode, 18th Century.
Five drawers with three smaller drawers including a hidden drawer over two large drawers.
Provenance: Estate of T. Boone Pickens (J....
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Exceptional 18th Century Swedish Rococo Commode
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Exceptional 18th century Swedish Rococo commode with four drawers and fantastic shape & proportions. ca 1760 Stockholm, Sweden.
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18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
19th Century Blue Swedish Gustavian Pair of Pinewood Chest - Faux Marble Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th Century, light-blue antique Swedish Gustavian pair of chests made of hand crafted painted Pinewood with two large drawers and one small one, in good condition. The Scandinavia...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Bronze
French Fruit Wood Chest of Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This beautiful French Neoclassical chest of drawers with spectacular dovetailed engravings has seen lifetimes pass it by. Made in ...
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century French Serpentine Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Exceptional 18th C French fruitwood serpentine three drawer commode with a wonderful 1.25" thick marble top. 1780.
Reference: 8119
Dimensions
51.5 inches (131 cms) Wide
26 inches (...
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18th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
French Antique Louis XV Commode with Marble Top
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A stylish and petite Louis XV style two-drawer marquetry commode, with a curved front and sides and a shaped and polished grey-veined marble top. This very attractive chest of drawer...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Swedish Rococo Commode
Located in Huntington, NY
A Swedish Rococo commode repainted in faint pale grey with original brass hardware and locks. Three bow front drawers over cabriolet legs.
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Collectors Chest, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A small collectors or apothecary chest with divided drawers, 19th century.
Composed of walnut and grain-painted pine with later mahogany chippendale bracket feet. Each drawer has d...
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Mid-19th Century American Chippendale Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Antique 18th Century Hepplewhite Mahogany serpentine Chest.
Located in London, GB
A fine late 18th Century Hepplewhite period figured mahogany serpentine Chest having book-matched, ebony strung & satinwood banded top above 2 short & 2 long rosewood cockbeaded draw...
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Mid-18th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Ebonized Oak French Commode
Located in Houston, TX
Large, three drawer 18th Century patinated French oak commode.
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Original Painted Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Fabulous 18th C French original painted oak commode. 1780.
Reference: 8112
Dimensions
49.5 inches (126 cms) Wide
25 inches (64 cms) Deep
34.5 inches (88 cms) High
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18th Century French Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century Swedish Rococo Commode
Located in Huntington, NY
A diminutive bow front Swedish Rococo commode. Three drawers over a carved skirt; sits atop cabriole feet. Original brass hardware and locks. Tastefully repainted in pale greyish-whi...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century Regence Provincial Commode
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very good provincial period Regence carved walnut commode or chest of drawers. The commode features an oxbow form with shaped drawers and a central drop pendant. The feet h...
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1720s French Baroque Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
17th Century Chest Of Drawers On Stand
Located in Kettering, GB
An early 17th century chest of drawers, in the Queen Anne style, on a later, most likely George I stand. With beautiful walnut veneers and mouldings. The chest comprising two short o...
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17th Century British Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique French Louis Philippe Period Burlwood Commode
Located in Sheridan, CO
French Louis Philippe period walnut commode, mid 19th c., ogee frieze drawer, over three additional drawers, rising on bracket feet. Beautiful flamed walnut veneer. Singe drawer key ...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Antique and Vintage Chests of Drawers and Commodes for Sale on 1stDibs
Is it a commode or a chest of drawers?
Commode is the French term for a low chest of drawers, but it is also sometimes used to denote a piece with a particularly intricate design. The commode dates to circa 1700 France, where it was used as an alternative to a taller cabinet piece so as to not obscure paneled, mirrored or tapestried walls. Coffers, or chests, which were large wooden boxes with hinged lids and sometimes stood on ball feet, preceded chests of drawers, a fashionable cabinet furnishing that garnered acclaim for its obvious storage potential and versatility.
As time passed, French and British furniture makers led the way in the production of chests of drawers, and features like the integration of bronze and ornamental pulls became commonplace. Antique French commodes in the Louis XV style were sometimes crafted in mahogany or walnut, while an Italian marble top added a sophisticated decorative flourish. This specific type of case piece grew in popularity in the years that followed.
So, what makes a chest of drawers different from a common dresser? Dressers are short, and chests of drawers are overall taller pieces of furniture that typically do not have room on the top for a mirror as most dressers do. Tallboys and highboys are variations of the dresser form. Some chests of drawers have one column of four to six long drawers or three long drawers in their bottom section that are topped by a cluster of small side-by-side drawers on the top. To further complicate things, we sometimes refer to particularly short chests of drawers as nightstands.
Even though chests of drawers are commonly thought of as bedroom furniture to store clothing, these are adaptable pieces. A chest of drawers can house important documents — think of your walnut Art Deco commode as an upgrade to your filing cabinet. Nestle your chest near your home’s front door to store coats and other outerwear, while the top can be a place to drop your handbag. Add some flair to your kitchen, where this lovable case piece can hold pots, pans and even cookbooks.
When shopping for the right chest of drawers for your home, there are a few key things to consider: What will you be storing in it? How big a chest will you need?
Speaking of size, don’t dream too big. If your space is on the smaller side, a more streamlined vintage mid-century modern chest of drawers, perhaps one designed by Paul McCobb or T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, may best suit your needs.
At 1stDibs, we make it easy to add style and storage to your home. Browse our collection of antique and vintage commodes and chests of drawers today.
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